Loch railway station, Victoria
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Loch is a railway station on the former South Gippsland line in South Gippsland
, Victoria
, Australia
. The station is now part of the South Gippsland Tourist railway
, after passenger operations on the line ceased after Cranbourne station in 1993.
The station is maintained by volunteers of the South Gippsland Railway, and by a growing number of people within the Loch township.
The station presently features a small station building that was formerly located at Welshpool station
. It was relocated to the Loch platform in 2003 following the construction of the Loch bypass road. The former station structure when operating as a V/Line service was of the pebble coated concrete Bus Shelter type, on a grass platform, featuring a large tree on the southern end of the platform - typical of many small township railway stations. It is understood a more substantial building was at Loch, prior to its sidings and goods facilities being dismantled in the 1970s
Activities at Loch station include the monthly Lions Club Sunday Market. More community service groups are being encouraged to utilise the facility for events and activities.
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost point of Victoria and mainland...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
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Australia
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. The station is now part of the South Gippsland Tourist railway
South Gippsland Railway
The South Gippsland Railway is a tourist railway located in south Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It controls a section of the former South Gippsland line between Nyora and Leongatha, operating services from Leongatha to Nyora via Korumburra taking around 65 minutes, trains operate on sundays,...
, after passenger operations on the line ceased after Cranbourne station in 1993.
The station is maintained by volunteers of the South Gippsland Railway, and by a growing number of people within the Loch township.
The station presently features a small station building that was formerly located at Welshpool station
Welshpool railway station, Victoria
Welshpool was a railway station on the South Gippsland line in South Gippsland, Victoria. The station formerly served the small town of Welshpool. The station was opened during the 1890s and operated until the 1980s. The site of the station contains a preserved platform and the base of its crane....
. It was relocated to the Loch platform in 2003 following the construction of the Loch bypass road. The former station structure when operating as a V/Line service was of the pebble coated concrete Bus Shelter type, on a grass platform, featuring a large tree on the southern end of the platform - typical of many small township railway stations. It is understood a more substantial building was at Loch, prior to its sidings and goods facilities being dismantled in the 1970s
Activities at Loch station include the monthly Lions Club Sunday Market. More community service groups are being encouraged to utilise the facility for events and activities.